Last weekend's Wall Street Journal (May 20-21) contains an article on grills and grilling in the Off Duty section ("The Only Grill You'll Ever Need Is Less Than $200"). It features the Weber kettle and quotes from various sages touting it, including Meathead. As a Performer owner, and as a public service, I'll be happy to take all those other, useless, cookers off your hands freight prepaid for a nominal fee. You can thank me later.
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For the 99% of the population who do not suffer from MCS, the article is probably right! -
Well, sadly, it's gotten hard to even find a new Weber kettle for under $200! Their prices have gone up up up over the past several years, and I think one with the ash catcher mechanism starts around $239 last time I looked in a big box store.
I fully agree, and if I could only have ONE of my grills, I would likely keep the Weber Performer, even over my kamado, due to the flexibility and accessories it offers. However, I am not convinced the general public wants to deal with the "hassle" of charcoal grills - startup time, cleanup, etc.
The lack of grilling know how or patience is why my son found one of those $239 Weber premium 22" kettles sitting on the side of the road in his neighborhood. When I went over to see his "find", it appeared to have not been used more than twice before someone tossed it out. He found a Blackstone 36" griddle with hinged lid on the same street, on the curb. It had surface rust on the griddle and lid. Easy fixes with some elbow grease and a can of spray paint for the lid. Folks just don't know how to care for the grills I think...Comment
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HawkerXP ain't that the truth!
fkrall yes for me, and one of my son-in-laws, and my son, charcoal is well worth the hassle. I cannot think of anyone else in the in-town extended family that has anything other than a gas grill however. Even my son uses his gas grill more than the kettle. He is using the kettle as a smoker with the snake method more than as a grill. Haha - yeah, these were both literally within walking distance of his house, and he just rolled them down the street.
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